Religious Sites

The old synagogues Tiberias (Tverya) are a group of synagogues situated in the old city of Tiberias, Israel, that date from the 18th and 19th centuries. Not all of the ...

The Benedictine Monastery in Abu Ghosh – St. Mary of the Resurrection Abbey The Benedictine Monastery – St. Mary of the Resurrection Abbey – in Abu Gosh is one of the best ...

What does Mount Tabor mean to tourists? Author Tamar Orvell summarized his visit to Israel, “In Israel’s Lower Galilee, looms Mount Tabor. Something about this mound of earth at the ...

Kiryat Ye’arim and the Ark of the Covenant The site of Our Lady of the Ark of the Covenant is based on Jewish history. In the Bible, this village is called ...

Panorama of Ein Karem from the Church of the Visitation The village of Ein Karem in Judaea not far from Jerusalem was mentioned several times in the Bible (Jeremiah 6:1; Nehemiah ...

Walking up from Ein Karem What is the Church of the Visitation? The Virgin Mary, who was pregnant with Jesus, came to visit (Luke 1:39-56) her cousin Elizabeth (Elisheva), who ...

There are two churches by this name in Ein Karem (officially Ein Kerem). Church of John the Baptist Ba Harim is a Catholic church, in the center of Ein Karem, ...

This is the Catholic Church of the Annunciation – or Basilica of the Annunciation The Catholic Church of the Annunciation with its towering cupola is one of the biggest, most magnificent ...

The Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation Since the Greek Orthodox tradition holds that the Annunciation occurred while Mary was drawing water from a local underground spring in Nazareth, it was only ...

Cana of the Galilee The Arab village of Kafr Cana in the Lower Galilee has been identified in Christian tradition as Cana of the Galilee. Here, according to tradition, Jesus performed two ...